LXNY New York's Free Software Organization


What is LXNY?


LXNY Install Fest
none scheduled at present



The best way to find out about our next meeting is to get on our announcement mailing list. LXNY meets at irregular and infrequent times.

LXNY Events Page


Noteworthy events.
Several meetings of interest are occurring in the area.
Richard M. Stallman and Eben Moglen will be speaking.
Details on the Events Page.

About the Speaker: Richard M. Stallman founded the GNU Project in 1984. The Project establishes a free UNIX-like operating system for computing. He is the President of the Free Software Foundation.
Dr. Stallman is the principal author of GNU Emacs, the GNU C Compiler (gcc), the GNU symbolic debugger (GDB) and other programs and the GNU General Public License (GPL) and GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).

Join LXNY in welcoming a return visit by Richard Stallman, a native New Yorker.
The meeting is free and open to the public.


What is The Free Software Foundation?
"GNU Philosophy"



Events / Install Fests



LXNY Schools, Libraries and Not-for-Profit Organizations Page

Microsoft Refund Day


(This is an independent, not-sponsored-by LXNY activity.)

Coming Someday -- A Guide for editors, reporters and others
LXNY News Guide



The danger of software patents

has been discussed at several LXNY meetings. The Graphics Interchange Format has been a featured example. Friday, 5 November 1999, Burn All GIFs Day, launched a wave to sweep away GIFs. Burn All GIFs website, including the USA DoD announcement banning most GIFs!
Free alternatives include JPEG and PNG Portable Network Graphics home (mirror)
League for Programming Freedom (LPF) GIF page

Hardware Initiative

Watch this space for more information about
the Hardware Initiative
including
the Call for Complete Unbundling.



LXNY writings section
LXNY Writings


Here are some old announcements of LXNY.


How do I get in touch with LXNY?


What is Free Software?
GNU GIF position




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Be it noted that LXNY's leadership and membership are duly grateful to our sponsors.

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